ML081790155

South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2, Extension Request for the Foreign Obligations Reporting Requirement

ML081790155
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	06/18/2008
From:	Head S M South Texas, Southern Ocean County Hosp
To:	Marshall J E NRC/NMSS/FCSS
References
NOE-AE-08002310
Download: ML081790155 (3)

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Nuclear Operating Company South Texas Pro/ect Electnc Generating Station P0. Box 289 Wadsworth.

Texas 77483 /June 18, 2008 NOC-AE-0800231 0 STI: 32318390 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention:

Jane Marshall, Chief Material Control & Accounting Branch Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 South Texas Project Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. STN 50-498, STN 50-499 Extension Request for the Foreign Obligations Reporting Requirement

References:

1. Letter from Jane Marshall, NRC, to James J. Sheppard, STPNOC, dated April 15, 2008, "Foreign Obligations" 2. Letter from Jane Marshall, NRC, to George Vanderheyden, Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, dated July 28, 2005, "Extension Request for the Foreign Obligations Reporting Requirement" Reference 1 informed STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) that by accepting, installing and utilizing the reactor vessel closure heads from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. from Japan in each South Texas Project unit, STPNOC then has a responsibility for notifying the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System (NMMSS) within 30 calendar days of re-starting the reactor with Japanese-obligated equipment that all material used in and produced through the use of the reactor is obligated to Japan. All nuclear material transaction and status reports must be applied accordingly.

The purpose of this letter is to request a change to the timing of the 30 calendar day reporting requirement.

STPNOC requests that we be allowed to provide this information at the same time we provide the annual physical inventory report with one exception as discussed below. A 30 day reporting requirement places unnecessary burden on the Reactor Engineering organization.

Reactor Engineering at the South Texas Project (STP) is responsible for all NMMSS required reports. Reactor Engineering at STP is also responsible for on shift coverage of outage fuel movements, startup test, power ascension testing, and 100% power testing. STP has scheduled its annual physical inventories to coincide with periods when Reactor Engineering resources are available to make necessary Special Nuclear Material (SNM) database updates, generate, review and approve required NMMSS reports. This extension would allow the Nuclear Material Transaction Report for Japanese-obligated nuclear material to be generated at the same time as other required NMMSS reports and when Reactor Engineering resources are available.

, 4 I nVe /Vlot NOC-AE-0800231 0 Page 2 If approved, the first report concerning Japanese-obligated nuclear material would be provided by January 15, 2010, following replacement of the Unit 1 reactor vessel head during the Fall 2009 Refueling Outage. This is a one-time exception from this request to provide the information at the same time as the annual physical ihventory report and is greater than 30 calendar days after the planned completion of the Unit 1 outage. The second report would be provided by October 1, 2010 (the annual physical inventory reporting date for the STP units), following replacement of the Unit 2 reactor vessel head during the Spring 2010 Refueling Outage., Reports thereafter would be provided at the annual physical inventory reporting date.Please provide a response to this request by June 1, 2009 so that we can adjust our procedures and provide the appropriate report when required.This request is similar to a request approved for the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (Reference 2).There are no commitments in this letter.If you should have any questions on this submittal, please contact Ken Taplett at (361) 972-8416 or me at (361) 972-7236.Scott M. Head Manager, Licensing

.I NOC-AE-0800231 0 Page 3 cc: (paper copy)(electronic copy)Regional Administrator, Region IV U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 612 East Lamar Blvd, Suite 400 Arlington, Texas 76011-4125 Mohan C, Thadani Senior Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North (MS 7 D1)11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 Senior Resident Inspector U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 289, Mail Code: MN116 Wadsworth, TX 77483 C. M. Canady City of Austin Electric Utility Department 721 Barton Springs Road Austin, TX 78704 Richard A. Ratliff Bureau of Radiation Control Texas Department of State Health Services 1100 West 49th Street Austin, TX 78756-3189 A. H. Gutterman, Esquire Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Mohan C. Thadani U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Thad Hill Catherine Callaway Jim von Suskil NRG South Texas LP Ed Alarcon J. J. Nesrsta R. K. Temple Kevin Polio City Public Service Jon C. Wood Cox Smith Matthews C. Kirksey City of Austin